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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
A brief period of ischemia, i.e. preconditioning of the middle cerebral artery territory, induces ischemic tolerance reducing the cerebral infarction volume caused by subsequent lethal ischemia. Nevertheless, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. In the present study, we examined the involvement of the activation of Akt, a serine/threonine kinase, in the cerebral ischemic tolerance. Western blot analysis showed that Akt was activated in both non-preconditioned and preconditioned groups after ischemia for 1 hr, but the activation was long-lasting in the preconditioned rats. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated that the preconditioning-induced preventive effect on a rapid decrease in the activation level of Akt was due to the persistent activation of Akt in the penumbra region. In addition, TUNEL staining demonstrated that the preconditioning treatment inhibited the augmentation of neuronal death probably through apoptosis in the penumbra region to prevent the spread of infarction. Since the activation of Akt has been reported to protect cells from stress, the present results suggest that the preconditioning-induced persistent activation of Akt in the penumbra region plays an important role in ischemic tolerance of the brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0916-7250
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
521-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Brain Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Ischemic Preconditioning, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:15187362-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Preconditioning prevents ischemia-induced neuronal death through persistent Akt activation in the penumbra region of the rat brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Biomedical Control, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study